Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2415e9a8c0e1d9cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 23:02:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 39141b874a57c166366a7d02ba35e74e SHA-1: 829e86a67d0927ab37196b46df1a7c3e0e57c794 SHA-256: 2415e9a8c0e1d9ccf29dab9ab1fcab39c2b9e12eb701251120aae34d5de4ec71
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination or to leverage SEO poisoning.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://kildevangen.dk/files/kotajomonokewomenojepune.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/zagesunegopisifebikumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/kolobasowimawoxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17059508106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenfontaene.de/idata/zulopenugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/80397497766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47bc8c5a84c2b81755976cbde57ee676/97662369222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6cb67691d---91476352554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexpert.com/userfiles/file/gojajudawavabakimomudilik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anup.bo/images/files/nosexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tns-china.cn/editor_upload_image/file/99067253652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e525af972e2a3716e4c1cbb0f5780d9c/lanereful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07f54632d168ee5e98af20e342a4438c/50930345436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff98e67382960fa1cec81993a9378b6d/daburubokadexuxaxuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/quoctrpb0a5ki3i61fdvoqr9h0/70972143780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be8bc581425---gamukupixedalonojuxagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105ea3f3a31e---1628021331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laser-piskovani.cz/democms/userfiles/file/porurunewesiriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosallaesf.ir/uploads/ck/files/93722526350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/40991350631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9908f71a9a1d6c1c9959699446510d4b/minarolana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c1c761228---75967672031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/sobanulowilaruwisufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d616f28fc69---tofusixibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=toshiba+satellite+l750+i7+pricePDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c9a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9A5 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 2966a4b2171ac8855d361f056b2a034a06cce57bb053af5f7fa4ded0d30da33c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f85e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF85E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011075.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11075 10776 bytes
SHA-256: f8f0800a3fadda938bdaa533f01f0eb1e245dc9fc6d53ce0f7a505767ea5d385

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